TSV 1860: turning point in transfer poker?

Leuven uses Holzhauser, Gorenzel is happy

Created: 01/09/2023 09:07

By: Uli Kellner

Raphael Holzhauser came on for OH Leuven on Sunday.

a mistake?

© IMAGO/Philippe Crochet

The transfer posse around Raphael Holzhauser continues to employ TSV 1860. His current employer could now have made a crucial mistake.

Belek

– The Belek lions used the free Saturday afternoon in different ways: Some went on a shopping spree, others to the barber shop or to the pool – the head of sports was drawn to the beach.

Günther Gorenzel sat alone in the sand, looked thoughtfully towards the sunset and said, addressed by our newspaper: "I'm thinking about our next moves..."

That means, of course, the transfer chess around Raphael Holzhauser, who didn't make his debut in the Löwen jersey against Lautern as planned on Sunday, but played again for OH Leuven from 9 p.m.

In the game against Kortrijk, Michael Köllner's dream player was in the starting XI.

A mistake by the Belgians – believe the lions …

TSV 1860: did Holzhauser play without permission?

Gorenzel's trump card up his sleeve: He had an official guest-permission for Holzhauser for yesterday, Sunday, as well as written contracts with the player and his club, which until recently wanted to loan the Austrian.

Gorenzel believes Leuven shouldn't have used Holzhauser.

His hope: The Belgians must now give in because the club may have made itself liable for damages.

Is this the turning point in the tough transfer poker?

In any case, Gorenzel still has hope of reaching an agreement with Leuven before the league restarts in Mannheim.

Internally, everyone agrees on 1860: it should be Holzhauser, no one else.

The fact that more and more clubs around Holzhauser are bidding, most recently his ex-club Austria Vienna, does not make the “chess player” of the lions nervous.

Gorenzel makes it clear: "Rapha wants to be with us - and we want him." (ulk)